Card-holder



l. H.- BENDER.

CARD HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 1uLY22. |919.

1,349,935. Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

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Unirse STATES' I TENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. BENDER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

Application led July 22, 1919.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. BnNDnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Card-Holders, ofwhich the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to card holders and my primary object is to providea simple, inexpensive and reliable device which will hold a number ofcards in such manner that they can be removed successively from theholder.

A further object is to provide a device in which the card holdingelements may be formed from one piece of sheet metal which is so shapedas to permit the ready insertion and removal of the cards.

With these and other objects in view, the invention may be said toconsist of the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterdescribed and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thecomplete holder with its cover in open position.

F ig. 2 is a broken vertical longitudinal section of the holder.

F ig. 3 is a detail plan view of the onepiece metal frame embodying theimportant features of the invention.

In carrying out the invention, I employ a frame 1, preferably stampedfrom one piece of metal to effect economy in material and the cost ofconstruction.

The frame 1 consists of a back plate 2 having upturned corner members a,covered at their upper ends with triangular top plates 6. Springelements 8 are struck from the back plate 2 and have their free endsbent upwardly beneath the top plates 6.

The back plate 2 is provided adjacent its ends with tongues or retainingmembers 10, which are struck from said back plate and adapted to enterpockets 12 in a leather or other' suitable cover 14 having flaps 1G and18, adapted to fold over the top of the frame 1 and be secured bysuitable means such as an ordinary glove fastener embodying a socket 20and a button 22 secured to the flaps 16 and 18, respectively.

In practice, a plurality of cards are placed in position by slippingtheir corners beneath the top plates 6 of the frame l.. This operationdepresses the spring elements S and tensions the same, causing them toexert Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 312,611.

upward pressure on the cards and hold the topmost one against theunderside of the plates 6. `When it is desired to remove the topmostcard the longitudinal margins of the same are grasped intermediate theirends by the thumb and forei'inger and pulled. upwardly. This bows thecard sullieiently to withdraw its corners from beneath the top plates 6.-When a card is thus removed the remaining cards are immediately forcedupwardly by the spring elements S until the succeeding card restsagainst the underside of the top plates 6. The spring elements 8 areunder su'llicient tension to reliably hold the top card in positionagainst the underside of the 'top plates G until said card is removed.By exerting the pressure only at the corners of the cards there is nodanger' of smearing the printed matter, an annoyance which frequentlyoccurs when freshly printed cards are placed in holders which exertpressure directly upon suchv printed matter, and as cards may be removedfrom my holder without sliding them longitudinally the tissue sheetsinterposed between finely engraved cards are not displaced, which is acommon annoyance where the cards have to be slid longitudinally as theyare successively removed from their holder.

From the foregoing it will be understood that I hr .fe provided asimple, efficient, and inexpensive holder in which a plurality of cardsmay be arranged in such manner that the cards can be removedsuccessively, and that said device forms a compact and convenient meansfor holding cards or the like.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is:

1. In a device of the character described, a frame consisting of a backplate adapted to support a plurality of cards, corner members on saidback plate adapted to abut the corners of the cards, top plates on saidcorner members, and spring members struck from the back plate to pressthe cards upwardly and hold the uppermost card in engagement with saidtop plates.

In a device of the character described, a frame consisting of a backplate adapted to support a plurality of cards, corner members on saidback plate adapted to abut the corners of the cards, top plates on saidcorner members, spring members struck from the hack plate to press thecards upwardly and hold the uppermost card in engagement with said topplates, und e cover secured to the back plate.

3. In :t device of the Character described,

a rume Consisting o" :L back plate adapted to support a plurality o1cards, corner meinbers on .said buck plete adapted to abut the Cornersof the cards, top plates on said co1'- nei` members, resilient means topress the Cards upwardly and hohl the uppermost card 10 in engagementwith said top plates, retain* in@l members struck from the [mok plate,und :i cover having pockets to receive said retaining members.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN H. BENDER.

'Vtnesses F. Gr. FISCHER, L. J. FISCHER.

